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County profile

Wilkes

United States · GDP 2024
#929 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.2B
GDP growth
+5.4%
Jobs tracked
19,772
Employers
1,157
Avg. wage
$45.6k
Population
66,233
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$51.7k±$2.5k
Business applications
575 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing32%
Retail trade17%
Health care17%
Management17%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
66,233
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $52.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,481
International migration+487
Natural change−1,628

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.5B
2019
$2.5B
2020
$2.8B
2021
$3.1B
2022
$3.1B
2023
$3.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.8k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$723/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
14.9%±1.8%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
152 (2.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
82.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 93Strong wind 78Landslide 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
196
2016
203
2017
212
2018
223
2019
230
2020
256
2021
304
2022
324
2023
366
2024
381
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.0 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
5.1 km
YVRR
Nearest port
214.7 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
55.7 km
HICKORY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Madison$3.2BJuneau City and Borough$3.2BMuscatine$3.2BGrant$3.2BTooele$3.2BFord$3.2B
The read

Wilkes's economy produced $3.2B in 2024, growing 5.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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